Project Title: Istanbul Information Society Watchdog Group
Project Duration: 12 months
Start Date: 21 July 2011
Funding Authority: Istanbul Development Agency (ISTKA) – Information-oriented Economic Development Financial Programme
Project Coordinator: Turkish Informatics Foundation (TBV)
Project Partners: Sabancı University
Associate Partners: Informatics Industry Association (TUBISAD)
Status: Completed
Project Objectives
The overall objective of the project is;
to ensure the democratization of the processes of establishing R & D and Innovation policies in order to increase the competition in civil society, university and public cooperation in Istanbul, to support the adoption of the European Union acquis and thus to contribute to the socio-economic development in Istanbul.
To achieve this general goal, 3 specific targets are defined. These;
– To develop R & D and Innovation in ICT sector in Istanbul, establish a new, effective, transparent and democratic monitoring mechanism with public establishment, civil society and university cooperation
– Awareness of ICT Competitiveness and Innovation in Istanbul, support and contributing awareness of policy makers and innovation actors (industry, NGO, university)
– Contributing to compliance with EU acquis related on Information Society and Media, Research and Science chapters
Istanbul Information Society Watchdog Group Members
| Name | Organization |
| Leyla Arsan | TAGES / TBV |
| Doç. Dr. Cemil Arıkan | Sabancı University |
| Ali Akurgal | Akurgal Danışmanlık |
| Erdem Gülgener | LOGO |
| Bülent Erbaş | KoçSistem |
| Ekin Nazım Kaya | BOTEGO |
| Aydın Kolat | VERİSİS/TBV |
| Prof. Dr. Atilla Dikbaş | Technobee/İTÜ |
| Gülara Tırpançeker | Tekimed |
| Selçuk Karaata | Sabancı University |
| Aslıhan Kağnıcı | TAGES |
| Haluk Gökmen | Egesys |
| Tayfun Uğur | TBV |
| Mustafa Aykut | Türk Telekom |
TAGES Role:
TAGES carried out the project management and coordination activities and designed and implemented the watchdog methodology
For more info:
facebook.com/IstanbulBilgiToplumuIzlemeGrubu/
aslihan.kagnici@tages.biz
Telephone: +90 212 2232101